In an interview on E!'s Chelsea Lately, Jackson said: "The fans of the show saved us. They kept us going."

He suggested that a fan campaign involving the candy Red Vines had swayed Fox's final decision regarding the show's future.

"[The fans] started a whole campaign sending Red Vines, which if you watch the show you know are sort of Walter's happy place," he explained. "They sent the Red Vines in to Fox, and I think that tipped it in our favor."

He jokingly added: "It couldn't be anything that we did on camera. It must've been the Red Vines."